On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 11:48:54 -0400, "Bruce Remick"
wrote:


"Edward McGrath" wrote in message
...
They should have had their coins in a safety deposit box at the bank.
Now the looters will be spending vintage coins on colt45 and cigarettes.
If you know a hurricane is coming and you had to evacuate the area what
possesions would you take out of your house and leave with?


Are you implying it might have been better to have left some six packs of
Colt .45 and cartons of cigarettes visible in the house so looters would be
able to take them and avoid the extra step of having to take money to buy
them?

Not a bad idea. Decoys often work on other dumb animals...

I feel sorry for anyone who keeps a collection of (whatever) at home
because it can't be conveniently stored in a bank vault, and which may have
to be left behind in an emergency evacuation situation.

Depends on your "collecting" philosophy. Most people who actually
collect things - be they coins or stamps or toy trains - like to
actually enjoy seeing, holding, playing with, etc those items that
they collect. Putting a coin collection in a bank vault is, in my
opinion, contrary to "collecting".

I would rather sell such coins to someone who would enjoy them, put
the money in stocks and take a trip to a local museum or coin shop to
just look at my vast "virtual coin collection".

Mind you, putting valuables into a home safe while vacationing or
evacuating would not be a bad idea for folks who choose to live in
obviously troubling locations like coastal Florida.

The unscrupulous
looters who prey on these stressed-out homeowners are the ones who should
shoulder the blame and punishment, not the victimized collector-homeowner.

Obviously! I think this was the OP's point when he said the looters
ought to be shot.

Padraic.

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